Question

I can’t use C++ syntax like cout, so I’ve tried using <conio.h> but it still says

undefined reference to ‘_gotoxy’

What’s the problem? Everyone says that conio.h its not in K&R either because it isn’t a standard library. Anyone got an idea?

I am using MinGW and command prompt.

Answer 1

When linking you need to add the ncurses library:

$ gcc my-source.c -o my-program -lncurses

That last flag to the command line above (-lncurses) is what tells the compiler to link (-l) with the ncurses library.